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Empatica Blood Volume Pulse

Sensor parameters description for [EMPATICA_BLOOD_VOLUME_PULSE]:

Key                              Description
[CONTAINER] Name of the CSV file containing blood volume pulse data that is compressed inside an Empatica zip file. Since these zip files are created automatically by Empatica, there is no need to change the value of this attribute.

DBDP provider

Available time segments and platforms

  • Available for all time segments

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_blood_volume_pulse_raw.csv 
- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_blood_volume_pulse_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/empatica_blood_volume_pulse_features/empatica_blood_volume_pulse_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/empatica_blood_volume_pulse.csv

Parameters description for [EMPATICA_BLOOD_VOLUME_PULSE][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Key                              Description
[COMPUTE] Set to True to extract EMPATICA_BLOOD_VOLUME_PULSE features from the DBDP provider
[FEATURES] Features to be computed from blood volume pulse intraday data, see table below

Features description for [EMPATICA_BLOOD_VOLUME_PULSE][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Feature Units Description
maxbvp - The maximum blood volume pulse during a time segment.
minbvp - The minimum blood volume pulse during a time segment.
avgbvp - The average blood volume pulse during a time segment.
medianbvp - The median of blood volume pulse during a time segment.
modebvp - The mode of blood volume pulse during a time segment.
stdbvp - The standard deviation of blood volume pulse during a time segment.
diffmaxmodebvp - The difference between the maximum and mode blood volume pulse during a time segment.
diffminmodebvp - The difference between the mode and minimum blood volume pulse during a time segment.
entropybvp nats Shannon’s entropy measurement based on blood volume pulse during a time segment.

Assumptions/Observations

For more information about BVP read this.